Indie Horror Roguelikes

RogueLegends : Dark Realms (RLDR)

It is inspired by the concepts behind the brilliant game : Ultima Ratio Regum, and Dwarf Fortress, with the dark fantasy nature inspired directly by the humorous dark fantasy game Overlord, also inspired by the works of HP lovecraft and the table top game “Silent Legions”.

It is written in c++ with help from libtcod and is still in development!

The focus of the game is on procedural mechanics and providing procedural exposition to go with it.

It includes Race and Class Selection

Also, choosing new character instead of new world in the main menu lets you play with multiple characters in the same dungeon!

It Also, Currently includes procedurally generated Vermin, Monsters, Items, dungeons, dungeon names, and much more!

An interaction System!

Lore, books to read engravings to find, discoveries to be made!

It also has an experimental AI director that handles creating the levels/creatures/items you play with. So they shouldnt be too punishing or too easy.

A sanity system! Which can have effects on your character. Called “Manias”

A Fully featured deterministic tactical magic system that affects the environment (burning down doors, making daggers fly into people, slamming creatures into walls)

Detailed Character sheets where every skill has a use!

Cultists to kill, horrible monsters to be eaten by and Much Much more!

The combat system is also completely deterministic, which results in a “board game feel”, to many players that you don’t often see in roguelike games.

Excellent, furthest I’ve gotten has been dungeon level 5, I’m finding this much less effort to get into than things like Dwarf Fortress, which I also like, but it’s a lot more tedious and feature creeped. I’ll send any suggestions I have, been designing some grim dark fantasy pen and paper, following mostly narrative and rules lite sets, so, lots of similar ideas there.

Looks like a very interesting game. Music is nice and relaxing. Game needs a way for player to save and exit game. Also game screen (dungeon part) is too dark for comfort. I was squinting while playing. Is there an option to brighten the screen at all?